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US 7,065,796 B2Granted
Fire protective trousers exhibiting reduced binding
AssigneeGlobe Manufacturing Company
InventorsSusan Watkins, Mark Mordecai, Mike Towle
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AssigneeGlobe Manufacturing Company
InventorsSusan Watkins, Mark Mordecai, Mike Towle
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Fire protective trousers include an outer shell and a removable liner, the outer shell having right and left front panels which extend around and behind the center sides of the outer shell and connect with respective right and left rear panels along outseams at the rear of the outer shell, thus providing more material in the front of the outer shell and reducing rubbing contact with the body of the wearer. The respective inseams curve to the rear and down to the lower edges of the rear panels. The right and left front panels also include respective upper and lower pleats that extend from the outseams toward the inseams and from the inseams toward the outseams thereof to provide extra material in the knee areas of the leg portions. The rear panels have concave lower edges to reduce dragging on the ground and the possibility of being stepped on by the wearer. The center rear seam is at least 6 inches longer than the center front seam to provide extra room in the buttocks area of the trousers and reduce binding in the thigh and abdomen areas of the wearer.
A pair of fire protective trousers which includes an outer shell comprising a right front panel, a right rear panel, a left front panel and a left rear panel, said right front panel and said right rear panel extending from a waistline to a lower edge of a right leg of the trousers, and said left front panel and a left rear panel extending from the waistline to a lower edge of a left leg of the trousers, said right front panel and said right rear panel being connected along a right outseam which is located in a rear of the outer shell and a right inseam which extends downwardly from a crotch point to a lower edge of the right leg, said right front panel being wider than the right rear panel when the right front and right rear panels are disconnected and flattened, and said left front panel and said left rear panel being connected along a left outseam which is located in a rear of the outer shell and a left inseam which extends downwardly from a crotch point to a lower edge of the left leg, said left front panel being wider than the left rear panel when the left front and left rear panels are disconnected and flattened out.
A pair of fire protective trousers which includes an outer shell comprising a right front panel, a right rear panel, a left front panel and a left rear panel, said right front panel and said right rear panel forming a right leg of the trousers, and said left front panel and a left rear panel forming a left leg of the trousers, said right front panel and said right rear panel being connected along a right outseam which is located in a rear of the outer shell and a right inseam which extends downwardly from a crotch point to a lower edge of the right leg, said right front panel being wider than the right rear panel when the right front and right rear panels are disconnected and flattened out, said left front panel and said left rear panel being connected along a left outseam which is located in a rear of the outer shell and a left inseam which extends downwardly from a crotch point to a lower edge of the left leg, said left front panel being wider than the left rear panel when the left front and left rear panels are disconnected and flattened out, wherein said right front panel includes upper and lower pleats which extend from said right outseam toward a right knee area and upper and lower pleats which extend from said right inseam toward said right knee area, and where said left front panel include upper and lower pleats which extend from said left outseam toward a left knee area and upper and lower pleats which extend from said left inseam toward said left knee area.
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